A sharp split inside the Republican Party grew wider on Sunday, April 19, after radio host Alex Jones accused President Donald Trump of cutting a secret deal with the deep state to hand Democrats a big win in the 2026 midterm elections.
The conservative commentator alleged that what President Trump has done in the recent days will most likely help Democrats win the coming Midterm elections in November by a wide margin.
“We’re supposed to just sit here and love this crap as his poll numbers go straight down?” he said. “All the polls show Republicans are going to lose the midterms by a landslide. A total and complete disaster. He’s made some deal with the deep state to throw the election to the Democrats.”
What the Polls Are Saying
Recent polls show Trump’s approval rating has fallen. One national survey in early April put it at 33 percent, the lowest of his second term.
Other polls found net approval ratings between minus 15 and minus 18 points. Young voters, including some young Republicans, have turned sharply against him.
A Newsweek report said disapproval among those aged 18 to 29 reached 76 percent in one poll.
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This poor rating hints that Republicans face a tough task in the midterm elections. Historically, the party that holds the White House usually loses seats in Congress. Trump himself noted this pattern in a recent interview but said he hoped to break it.
GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress, yet public anger has grown over issues including the recent Iran conflict, rising prices, and government actions.
Some MAGA voters from 2024 now say they will not back Republican candidates in November, according to one survey.
Jones’ shift in tone on Trump
Jones built a large audience by defending Trump. He was one of the vocal conservative commentators who always said good things about the president and his MAGA movement until the Iran-U.S. war kicked in.
Jones now thinks that Trump, whom he said would destroy the deep state after returning to the White House, is now working with the system to help Democrats win the next elections.
Jones is not the only conservative media personality who has fallen out with the Trump administration and directly criticized Trump lately.
The president clashes with former allies.
Former allies like Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens have questioned his decisions. They have been accusing Trump of ignoring the promises he made during the campaign, such as ending wars; instead, he ended up starting a war with Iran.
Carlson, for instance, accused Trump of deploying U.S. Forces in the Middle East to fight for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister.
Trump has hit back on Truth Social, calling some of them “low IQ” and “losers.”
GOP leaders stayed quiet Sunday on Jones’s specific claim, but sources say most of them are worried ahead of the Midterm elections.
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Party strategists also worry that open fighting could hurt turnout in November. Midterm races for the House and Senate already look difficult in several states.
Generic ballot polls show Democrats with a small lead, though some surveys say the gap has closed slightly.
However, note that Jones did not provide proof of his claim about the deal. He used the president’s falling numbers as too sharp to be an accident.
“He’s not incompetent,” Jones suggested in the rant. “He’s doing this on purpose.”
The 2026 midterms sit about seven months away and remain very crucial, considering control of Congress will shape the rest of Trump’s term.
If Republicans lose big, as Jones predicts, it could limit the president’s ability to act on taxes, immigration, and foreign policy.
